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INDIAN EXPRESSION
WALKING WITH A TUMBLER HALF FULL OF WATER
Submitter comment:
THE MAN WHO KNOWS NOTHING OR LITTLE ABOUT A SUBJECT
IS DESCRIBED AS....
THIS IS BECAUSE A PERSON WHO IS KNOWLEDGABLE ON A
SUBJECT (ONE WITH A FULL TUMBLER) WILL BE CAREFUL AND WILL
SPILL NONE. THE NOT-SO-LEARNED WILL TALK OF ALL HE KNOWS
THOUGH IT IS LITTLE, JUST AS THE PERSON WITH THE HALF-FULL
GLASS IS CARELESS AND SPILLS SOME HERE AND THERE
Where learned: 59 SEWARD AVE
Keyword(s): STUPIDITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 02-29-1968